Hi, Do you ever get audio from your Fast Track? If not, check under Options | Audio and make sure that SONAR lists your Fast Track as the playback and recording master in the general options screen. Have you read the new document called "How to Set up Your Workstation"? It comes with the latest version of CakeTalking. It is a thorough and entertaining explanation of how audio and MIDI signals flow. It is in the "Tutorial" folder under CakeTalking 8.5 submenu in the Start Menu. Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Hillebrandt Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:01 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] silent hardware output Hello Friends, Please forgive the nature of this question as know it is quite the beginner level, but received message that makes no sense to me. When going to a sample file of sonar's to play, I receive a message saying "The following tracks and busses are currently assigned to a silent hardware output. The items listed below will be silent in your project until their outputs are assigned to an appropriate hardware output. It then lists "master" and "metrinome" as being those items. It appears as though my Fast Track Ultra is selected in both the in and out in track view and the interfase is on and appears to be getting power. Please tell me what this message means if possible and any idea what I may have forgotten to do. I appreciate any help and very sorry to bother you guys but perhaps someone can have mercy and write me offlist. Sincerely, Dave